Announcing The Winner of our BIG Ticket Giveaway for The 36th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival | 2014
Announcing The Winner of our BIG Ticket Giveaway for The 36th Annual
Playboy Jazz Festival | 2014
Enter to Win Tickets to The 36th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival | June 15th, 2014 – SUNDAY ONLY!!!
Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to the 36th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival | June 15th – SUNDAY ONLY!!
Good Day T.U.M.S. Readers!
On behalf of the LAPhilharmonic & the team here at T.U.M.S., we are giving away 2 tickets (1 pair) to see the special event on Sunday, June 15th – 1 winner total! Come join the gang at the fest and witness some of the most graceful performances to hit the Hollywood Bowl. All you have to do to enter is Click HERE!! Contest expired.
The Allstate Gospel Superfest Battle of The Bands New Talent Search Returns…
The Allstate Gospel SuperFest Battle Of The Bands New Talent Search Returns In August To Jacksonville, Memphis And Washington, DC.
Cincinnati, OH (June 5, 2014) – Producers of the Allstate Gospel Superfest will conduct its sixth annual new talent initiative in three major U.S. cities this coming August. The Allstate Gospel Superfest Battle of the Bands, a competition for aspiring gospel artists, will travel to Washington, DC, Memphis, TN and Jacksonville, FL in search of its next opening act for 2015. Interested gospel artists and groups (consisting of twenty members or less) can enter the competition now. The winner will be selected on Monday, September 15, 2014.
The Winner of The Most Powerful Voices Contest is Marcus “Elder Mac” McFarlin
The Most Powerful Voices Singing Competition For Stroke Awareness Winner Is…
Marcus “Elder Mac” McFarlin!
(DALLAS – June 2, 2014) — The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and UP TV announced that Marcus “Elder Mac” McFarlin of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the Grand Prize Winner of the Most Powerful Voices online gospel singing competition.
More Than $8,000 was Raised for Ronald McDonald House Charities
Gospel’s Elite Delivered Powerful Performances, Helped Raise Over $8,000 For Ronald McDonald House Charities® Of The Greater Philadelphia Region
McDonald’s® Inspiration Celebration® Gospel Tour came to soulful stop in Philadelphia as partof nationwide concert series
McDonald’s® Inspiration Celebration® Gospel Tour came to soulful stop in Philadelphia as partof nationwide concert series
PHILADELPHIA, May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Last week, McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour delivered messages of hope, inspiration and service to Philadelphia. Some of gospel music’s biggest acts kept concertgoers clapping, dancing, laughing and lifting up their hands in joy. Attendees witnessed moving performances from Erica Campbell, Anthony Brown & Group Therapy, Kurt Carr, and the Mississippi Mass Choir, comedy from Jonathan Slocumb, tongue-twisting inspirational lyrics from Uncle Reece and the electrifying sounds of organist Moses Tyson, Jr.
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Former President Bill Clinton to Receive Founder’s Award for Jazz Advocacy
Bill Clinton to Receive Award for Jazz Advocacy
Former President Bill Clinton will get a chance to play his saxophone when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honors him with its Founder’s Award.
Earnest Pugh to Star in Stage Play “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg”
STELLAR-AWARD NOMINATED SINGER EARNEST PUGH STARS IN NEW GOSPEL STAGE PRODUCTION “AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEG”
Atlanta, GA (Tuesday, May 13, 2014) — Stellar and Dove Award nominated gospel recording artist Earnest Pugh is winning over audiences alongside the Star-studded cast of America’s hottest new musical stage production, “Ain’t Too Proud Too Beg.”
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Ragan Whiteside Wins Flutist of the Year | Black Women in Jazz & Fine Arts Awards 2014
Ragan Whiteside Wins Flutist of the Year in the 2014 Black Women in Jazz & Fine Arts Awards
Contemporary Jazz Flutist, Vocalist & Songwriter Ragan Whiteside took home the award for Best Black Female Flutist of the Year in the Black Women in Jazz & Fine Arts Awards, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta, GA. The black tie event featured a night of glamour and elegance, creating a greater awareness of the many vital contributions that African American Female artists have made in the past, present and to the future of jazz.
Legends Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight & Natalie Cole to Join Musical “After Midnight”
**THE LEGENDS COME OUT —
AFTER MIDNIGHT**
THIS SUMMER
PATTI LABELLE
GLADYS KNIGHT
AND
NATALIE COLE
JOIN THE COMPANY OF
THE TONY® AWARD-NOMINATED
BEST MUSICAL
“ A F T E R M I D N I G H T ”
AS “SPECIAL GUEST STAR”
AFTER MIDNIGHT**
THIS SUMMER
PATTI LABELLE
GLADYS KNIGHT
AND
NATALIE COLE
JOIN THE COMPANY OF
THE TONY® AWARD-NOMINATED
BEST MUSICAL
“ A F T E R M I D N I G H T ”
AS “SPECIAL GUEST STAR”
New York, NY (Wednesday, April 30) – In the glow of its seven Tony® Award nominations, including one for Best Musical, producers Scott Sanders and Wynton Marsalis announced today that a trio of true music legends will make their way to Broadway this summer in After Midnight. Multi-award winning icons Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Natalie Cole (making her Broadway debut) are set to join the illustrious roster of “Special Guest Star” vocalists in the red hot Broadway musical.
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The 2014 JJA Jazz Awards Winners Are Announced
The Jazz Journalists Association Announces Winners for 2014 JJA Jazz Awards
NEW YORK – The Jazz Journalists Association today announced winners of 2014 JJA Jazz Awards in 32 categories of musical achievement. Herbie Hancock — the man behind International Jazz Day (April 30) as UNESCO Ambassador for Intercultural Dialog and Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz – is being honored for his Lifetime Achievement in Jazz. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Hancock’s frequent collaborator, has been voted Musician of the Year.
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